Sessions Takes Some Serious Flak Over ‘Anglo-American’ Statement

Democrats are ripping Attorney General Jeff Sessions for making a reference to the “Anglo-American legal tradition.”

On Monday Sessions was speaking to a conference at the National Sheriffs’ Association when he said: “The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement.”

Not long after he said those words the media and politicians pounced:

"The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo American heritage of law enforcement," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said to law enforcement officials in Washington. "We must never erode this historic office." pic.twitter.com/H2pBEsbkEQ

Do you know anyone who says “Anglo-American heritage” in a sentence? What could possibly be the purpose of saying that other than to pit Americans against each other? For the chief law enforcement officer to use a dog whistle like that is appalling. Best NO vote I ever cast.

Jeff Sessions did a speech and said "the office of Sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement." He wanted to go on record with the ANGLO-AMERICAN description. He went full white supremacy, and every Black and non-white sheriff should be insulted pic.twitter.com/F0PYS5j7es

However, Charles Cooke from National Review pointed out that one time Senator Obama said the same thing:

Here’s then-Senator Obama using the term “Anglo-American” as correctly and appropriately as Sessions did, in a speech from 2006. We must not consent to lose our language at the behest of the historically illiterate. https://t.co/Oc6JCM9GRYpic.twitter.com/EDx1TSfRrm